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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
    The drawback to putting the seam on the sides is that you wind up with a ridge 4 thicknesses thick along the edges and only two thicknesses thick at the center. And the fusible web only sticks to 2 sides, so, at the seam edges, you can't really stick everything together. So it doesn't produce the really nice, flat, smooth flashes that you can get without a seam.

    Anyway, there are lots of ways to make flashes! Certainly no one right way.

    Hogs and quiches,

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    I see the point, maybe I won't do it that way. No real reason to have reversible flashes anyway. Is there any reason to put the bit of fusible web over the folded over edges in the back? If the Steam-A-Seam works on the notched edge, it should work fine here too, right?

    Quote Originally Posted by James MacMillan View Post
    Has anyone tried Dritz Fray Check?

    I have used it at the bottom of cheaper flashes to keep them from fraying more or, after they started to fray, and I had trimed some off, then applied the Fray Check. After it is dry, it's a little stiff, but not completely.

    It's a liquid and comes in a small bottle. I also used this product on the fringes of a Fly Plaid that I self fringed and then braided the tassels. For that application it kept the tassels from coming unbraided.

    Joanne sells it here.
    I have used this, and posted about it, but, unfortunately, the test of time has shown that it only checks the fray for a few months

    Be well,

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    Quote Originally Posted by The F-H.C.A.G. View Post
    I have used this, and posted about it, but, unfortunately, the test of time has shown that it only checks the fray for a few months
    That's not good to hear - But I just looked at the flashes that I treated well over two years ago, and they seem to still be OK. Maybe it has to do with flexing, or usage, or washing?

    Flashes, mine anyway, seldome if ever get washed. Don't get heavy usage or flexing either.

    I would never think of doing the bottom hem of a kilt with this stuff, but it seems to be working with the flashes that I have treated.

    Of course varnish or shellack would also work - or super glue?

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    Quote Originally Posted by James MacMillan View Post
    That's not good to hear - But I just looked at the flashes that I treated well over two years ago, and they seem to still be OK. Maybe it has to do with flexing, or usage, or washing?

    Flashes, mine anyway, seldome if ever get washed. Don't get heavy usage or flexing either.

    ...snip...
    Well, it might have something to do with being worn by a seven-year-old!

    Be well,

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    Quote Originally Posted by The F-H.C.A.G. View Post
    Well, it might have something to do with being worn by a seven-year-old!

    Be well,
    Poor Panache, a 7 year olds mentality in 39 year olds body. Perhaps he'll mature some in the coming year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ccga3359 View Post
    Poor Panache, a 7 year olds mentality in 39 year olds body. Perhaps he'll mature some in the coming year.
    Silly man. My son, not my husband. Panache is nowhere near seven years old yet!

    Be well,

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    Quote Originally Posted by The F-H.C.A.G. View Post
    Silly man. My son, not my husband. Panache is nowhere near seven years old yet!

    Be well,
    I don't remember 7. Is that before or after puberty?

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